What's the difference between orographic and orography?

Orographic


Definition:

  • (a.) Alt. of Orographical

Example Sentences:

  • (1) The concentrations were especially high in winter when in addition to permanent industrial emissions those from individual heating systems were also present and when owing to climatic and orographical circumstances temperature inversions occurred more frequently.
  • (2) According to its orographic characteristics and climate the Murmansk region represents a special landscape area of the Atlantic-Arctic zone with its peculiar zoogeographic characters.
  • (3) According to meteorlogical and orographic characteristics for this area, for approximately 25,00 people (3% of the general population) may be exposed to pollutants emitted from this source over a maximum period equivalent to approximately 3 months each year.
  • (4) Then there’s the orographic effect; because you are forcing the air up, the air gets colder and the relative humidity rises.

Orography


Definition:

  • (n.) That branch of science which treats of mountains and mountain systems; orology; as, the orography of Western Europe.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Satellite images provided convincing evidence of the profound influence of orography on the propagation of industrial pollutants.
  • (2) The ranges, trajectories, and height of smoke plumes visible on the satellite images were investigated in relation to meterological conditions and orography.
  • (3) Emissions from farther away may reach Cracow, depending on meterological conditions and orography.

Words possibly related to "orographic"

Words possibly related to "orography"